"I Know Why (and so do you)": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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I Know Why (and so do you)
Written: 1941	Music by: Harry Warren	Words by: Mack Gordon	Written for: Sun Valley Serenade (movie)
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About the Movie Sun Valley Serenade / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for or used in Sun Valley Serenade currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:

1. Chattanooga Choo Choo

2. At Last (song written for but played only as an instrumental in Sun Valley Serenade, not presented as a song with lyrics until performed in the movie Orchestra Wives, 1942)

3. Moonlight Serenade

For a complete listing of songs used in Sun Valley Serenade, see IMDB soundtrack.

Glenn Miller, with Lynn Bari (dubbed by Pat Friday), John Payne, and The Modernaires from the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade. Miller leads in here with his own "Moonlight Serenade."

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